Plane Lands on 36th Street

[CaptainCrunch]

What's the biggie here. I've done harder street level landings in Grand Theft Auto. Plus I've also robbed several liquor stores and dove stark naked off the top of a skyscraper.

Amateurs.

[lazypucker]

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

Are you serious?

Yes, of course it was.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

Failed fuel pump seems pretty dire to me.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Depends on how long they've been paying taxes for, and how much longer they pay taxes for.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

Username checks out. Pilot was probably just too lazy to continue to the airport.

[Bigtime]

I never flew the Ho, but 6 passengers plus the pilot and if one of those engines starts going on you I think you are probably drifting down most likely. If that is the case based on the altitude you start at with the issue the point you reach ground is going to be pretty set.

[Kjesse]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

You prefer the pilot to increase the risk of death of all those aboard? Plus the pilot wouldn't have the option to ensure air traffic control can clear air and groundspace on the shortest route for him, in a very short time period, risking a collision with another airplane carrying passengers in the air or on the ground.

The pilot did a commendable job here. No air and no ground casualties.

[photon]

I don't know what the glide slope ratio of a Piper Na###o is, or his altitude when he started having problems, but he was a good dozen km from the airport.

[dino7c]

Go home plane, you're drunk

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

It's been ~20 years since I last piloted a light aircraft, but if I'm remembering my emergency procedures training correctly, landing at the nearest airport is always the preferred choice. Secondary options would be landing in a large field or the like. Landing on a paved road with vehicle traffic was always seen as a last resort if no other options were possible.

Obviously there will be a thorough investigation into this incident, and I caution against jumping to conclusions, but if the pilot made the decision to land on 36th Street, then she almost certainly determined that she couldn't safely make it to the airport (or anywhere else, for that matter).

Edit: corrected gender pronoun for the pilot

[Titan]

She. The pilot was a female. She.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Obviously there will be a thorough investigation into this incident, and I caution against jumping to conclusions, but if the pilot made the decision to land on 36th Street, then he almost certainly determined that he couldn't safely make it to the airport (or anywhere else, for that matter).

Based only on the fact that she landed on 36 Street, I would have to imagine her engine problems occurred when she was already over the city. Any earlier, and you'd have to think diverting to an airfield near Strathmore or Okotoks would have been preferable.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

How much would it cost the pilot for all the emergency responses and road closure?

Is it that dire the plane can't land at the airport, which is probably just a minute or two away?

Ya, they all should have just got out and pushed it.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Locke

That had to have been John McLane.

We're living in a Die Hard film!

Jane McPlane.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Obviously there will be a thorough investigation into this incident, and I caution against jumping to conclusions, but if the pilot made the decision to land on 36th Street, then she almost certainly determined that she couldn't safely make it to the airport (or anywhere else, for that matter).

I'm amazed this even needs to be explained. It's not like landing on a freaking city street is going to be easier or more convenient. It carries a significant risk of death or injury. Obviously, if there's any alternative that allows you to land on an airstrip, you're going to pick that, so if you don't, then it's clearly because you were confident you couldn't make it to a better landing spot.

[Bigtime]

This CBC article has security camera footage from Eastside Dodge showing the plane coming in: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...dway-1.4634332

[dammage79]

My brother said he saw the plane sputtering over his house in McKenzie town, with flames coming out when the engine sputtered. That was at like 5 a.m ish?

Went in to text his wife about 20 minutes later and she texted him about it landing on 36th.

Close but no cigar making it to the airport.

[chemgear]

Didn't hear about it this morning and was driving southbound and saw it in the opposite lane. A rather surprising sight.

Also surprising that traffic was moving pretty well and people were not stopped just to stare or take pictures.

[CaptainCrunch]

If it was a fuel pump that went out, I give full credit to the pilot for doing an amazing job of getting that plane on the ground as quickly and safely as possible.